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Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows_10_0 (defined in the Windows templates)
What it does
This policy setting allows you to control how users can print from Office documents opened in Application Guard. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose to selectively retrict one or more of the following printing options. - Don't allow printing to XPS, prevents users from printing as XPS and saving the resulting file on the host. - Don't allow printing to PDF, prevents users from printing as PDF and saving the resulting file on the host. - Don't allow printing to local printers, prevents users from printing to locally attached printers. - Don't allow printing to existing network printers, prevents users from printing to previously connected network printers. Also, users can't search for additional printers. Note: if you select all the choices or don’t select any of the choices, then printing isn’t allowed in Application Guard. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, users can print to all printers configured on their device. Note: This policy setting only applies to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
What it writes
- Hive
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Registry key
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard
Why it needs changes for Intune
- Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
- ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE
Options
| Option | Type | Registry value | Allowed values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disable XPS printing | Checkbox | disablexpsprintsettings |
On (1) or off (0) |
| Disable PDF printing | Checkbox | disablepdfprintsettings |
On (1) or off (0) |
| Disable Local printing | Checkbox | disablelocalprintsettings |
On (1) or off (0) |
| Disable Network printing | Checkbox | disablenetworkprintsettings |
On (1) or off (0) |
Configure and deploy
Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.
Enabled · User · template defaults
Registry file (.reg)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard]
"disablelocalprintsettings"=dword:00000001
"disablenetworkprintsettings"=dword:00000001
"disablepdfprintsettings"=dword:00000001
"disablexpsprintsettings"=dword:00000001
PowerShell
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
function Set-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}
function Remove-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
)
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
return
}
foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# Name: L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
- The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
- Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.
- The generated payload is incomplete because one or more ADMX element values were not supplied: L_TurnOffXPSPrintingInApplicationGuard, L_TurnOffPDFPrintingInApplicationGuard, L_TurnOffLocalPrintingInApplicationGuard, L_TurnOffNetworkPrintingInApplicationGuard
ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)
./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_office16/L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuardIntune remediation scripts
Detection
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()
function Test-RegistryValueExists {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
return $false
}
return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}
function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
return $false
}
$valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
return $false
}
$actual = $valueObject.$Name
switch ($Kind) {
'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
'MultiString' {
$actualArray = @($actual)
$expectedArray = @($Expected)
if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
'Binary' {
$actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
$expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
}
}
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# Name: L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx
$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
$reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard\disablexpsprintsettings') | Out-Null
}
$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
$reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard\disablepdfprintsettings') | Out-Null
}
$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
$reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard\disablelocalprintsettings') | Out-Null
}
$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
$reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard\disablenetworkprintsettings') | Out-Null
}
if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1
Remediation
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
function Set-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}
function Remove-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
)
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
)
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
return
}
foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
# Policy: Restrict printing from Office of documents opened in Application Guard
# Name: L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: office16.admx
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablexpsprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablepdfprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablelocalprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard' -Name 'disablenetworkprintsettings' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1
History 1 retained release
- 5568.100010 Aug 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.
Template
- Internal name
L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard- Namespace
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows- Template file
office16.admx- Release
- Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set
8be05d876aae137d…
Definition, editor controls and support
Definition
<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard)" explainText="$(string.L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuardExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\applicationguard" name="L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard" presentation="$(presentation.L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ApplicationGuard" />
<supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows_10_0" />
<elements>
<boolean id="L_TurnOffXPSPrintingInApplicationGuard" valueName="disablexpsprintsettings">
<trueValue>
<decimal value="1" />
</trueValue>
<falseValue>
<decimal value="0" />
</falseValue>
</boolean>
<boolean id="L_TurnOffPDFPrintingInApplicationGuard" valueName="disablepdfprintsettings">
<trueValue>
<decimal value="1" />
</trueValue>
<falseValue>
<decimal value="0" />
</falseValue>
</boolean>
<boolean id="L_TurnOffLocalPrintingInApplicationGuard" valueName="disablelocalprintsettings">
<trueValue>
<decimal value="1" />
</trueValue>
<falseValue>
<decimal value="0" />
</falseValue>
</boolean>
<boolean id="L_TurnOffNetworkPrintingInApplicationGuard" valueName="disablenetworkprintsettings">
<trueValue>
<decimal value="1" />
</trueValue>
<falseValue>
<decimal value="0" />
</falseValue>
</boolean>
</elements>
</policy>Editor controls
<presentation id="L_TurnOffPrintSettingsInApplicationGuard" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<checkBox refId="L_TurnOffXPSPrintingInApplicationGuard">Disable XPS printing</checkBox>
<checkBox refId="L_TurnOffPDFPrintingInApplicationGuard">Disable PDF printing</checkBox>
<checkBox refId="L_TurnOffLocalPrintingInApplicationGuard">Disable Local printing</checkBox>
<checkBox refId="L_TurnOffNetworkPrintingInApplicationGuard">Disable Network printing</checkBox>
</presentation>Supported platforms and category
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ApplicationGuard
<category displayName="$(string.L_ApplicationGuard)" name="L_ApplicationGuard" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_trustcenter241" />
</category>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_SecuritySettings
<category displayName="$(string.L_SecuritySettings)" name="L_SecuritySettings" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" />
</category>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_trustcenter241
<category displayName="$(string.L_trustcenter241)" name="L_trustcenter241" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_SecuritySettings" />
</category>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows_10_0
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows_10_0" />
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ApplicationGuard
<category displayName="$(string.L_ApplicationGuard)" name="L_ApplicationGuard" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_trustcenter241" />
</category>
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ApplicationGuard">Application Guard</string></strings>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem">Microsoft Office 2016</string></strings>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_SecuritySettings
<category displayName="$(string.L_SecuritySettings)" name="L_SecuritySettings" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeSystem" />
</category>
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_SecuritySettings">Security Settings</string></strings>
office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_trustcenter241
<category displayName="$(string.L_trustcenter241)" name="L_trustcenter241" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
<parentCategory ref="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_SecuritySettings" />
</category>
<strings><string id="office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_trustcenter241">Trust Center</string></strings>